The Last Kreep
Space Breaks

LABEL: Chip Shop Spam
RELEASE DATE: May, 2002
RELEASE #: 31
CATALOG #: HHS-036
FORMAT: Vinyl

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Side A
1) This Is Hip Hop (2:08)
2) Scratch Therapy (7:55)

Side B
3) TurntableCalastetics (:55)
4) IntegratedRythmMachine/Bass Pop (1:47)
5) Planetspook/Kick & Snare Party (2:42)
6) You Need More Therapy (3:37)
7) Space Break Outro ( :06)

Limited edition release in the Last Kreep DJ/battle record series on Chip Shop Spam, this amazing album is even better than its predecessor (“The Good Scratching Record”). Since a decade ago when his pioneering battle record “Hamster Breaks” (that he co-produced with fellow Bulletproof Scratch Hamsters - Quest & Cue) caught the scratch DJ world by storm, prolific DJ/producer Eddie Def (aka The Last Kreep), has been a busy man juggling a zillion projects including his countless solo projects (under various names), recording with his crew the Bullet Proof Space Travelers, plus his collaborations with such artists as Bill Laswell (look for his contribution to the recent Bill Laswell produced “Scratch” soundtrack), Mike Patton, Buckethead, El Stew etc. etc. “Space Breaks” is the follow up to last year’s “The Good Scratching Record” (Chip Shop Spam). Like that record “Space Breaks” has also been painstakingly tailored to satisfy the itch in today’s scratch/battle/turntablist DJ. So get two copies and use it, abuse it, manipulate it any way possible, and scratch it, and scratch it, and scratch it, and scratch it, and scratch it.

Various Artists
Scratch Attack: I Want My Battle
Record Back You Bastard! vol. 1

LABEL: Hip Hop Slam
RELEASE DATE: July, 2002
RELEASE #: 32
CATALOG #: HHS-032
FORMAT: CD

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Scratch Attack: I Want My Battle Record Back You Bastard! is taken from the two-hour, monthly radio show that broadcast on KPFA and featured recorded & live DJ skratch sessions, as well as scratch news and DJ interviews. During its 13 episode run (Jan. 2001 - Feb. 2002) guests included: Kool Herc, Grand Wizard Theodore, D-Styles, DJ Flare, DJ Shortkut, DJ Apollo, DJ 8-Ball, DJ Relm, DJ Inesha (Alien Army), DJ Quest, Pam the Funkstress, Afrika Bambaataa, DJ Malik (“The Real World”), Namane (Local 1200 DJ’s), DJ Pone, Mike Boogie, Snayk Eyez, (89 Skratch Gangstaz), Golden Chyld, DJ Ngobility, (Finger Bangerz), DJ Stoic, DJ Streak, 2 Fresh, DJ Sniper, DJ Tu Ki, Prince Jam, DJ Platurn & DJ Spair (Oakland Faders), The Backspin Boyz, DJ Cue, DJ Marz, Pal 58, DJ Cavo, Toadman, H.O.P., Tico, The Horizons DJ Project, & Christie Z (Tools Of War). The show also included regular skratch news reports by DJ Munkifunk and Billy Jam, graf reports by Yve-1, & DJ battle reports from Bas-One and DJ Pone. Other regulars included DJ Gamin (videographer) and DJ Syntax (board engineer & tales of getting gaffled outta twomp skrilla) plus a myriad of guests who stopped by just to hang out and enjoy the skratch-friendly environment. This CD compilation is taken from the show featuring live sessions and especially recorded tracks for “Scratch Attack.” There will be one more compilation CD (“Scratch Attack Vol. 2”) in this series scheduled for a September release.

TRACKING/ARTIST INFO

1) DJs Stoic/Dank/Bonez “Scratch Attack: I Want My Battle Record Back You Bastard (Intro)” (:31). Produced by DJ Stoic with contributions from DJ Dank (sounds) and DJ Bonez (scratches).

2) NoNekNed “Skratch” (4:07)
“Skratch,” which premiered on “Scratch Attack,” is taken from NoNekNed’s limited edition, 7” single (500 copies pressed, B-side “Women With Mustaches Make me Nervous!”). Hailing from Dayton, Ohio (Mr. Dibbs country) the brilliant, albeit underrated, NoNekNed has been creating skratch havoc since ‘98 along with partner 1e Tch3, under the name Skratchmatix. Last year they released the battle record “Vinyl Viagra” which was pressed in Cali so they drove out all the way from Ohio to pick it up and also hang out for a few weeks in San Francisco last summer. Current projects for the innovative duo include a music project about “UFO’s and flying saucers” which is a collaboration with the Bay Area’s Future Primitive Sound Session. Contact NNN poolan1@aol.com or (937)851-1144, & his partner @ OneETCHthree@aol.com

3) DJ T-Rock “Skratch It And Change It!” (2:42) Atlanta’s DJ T-Rock has two full-length albums: “Who’s Your Daddy” on Bomb Hip Hop (love that cover) and last year’s “SikInTheHed” on Stereotype Records/Nu Gruv. He has also contributed tracks to a grip of compilations including the BOMB releases “Return of The DJ Vol. 3” and “Vol. 4,” and “Contents Under Pressure.” In fact he flew out to Frisco last Fall to perform at the BOMB 10 Year Anniversary celebration. T-Rock has also co-produced a song on OM Records’ “Deeper Concentration Vol. III” plus he’s produced the music for TV spot on Cartoon Network. He can be seen in John Carluccio’s “Battle Sounds Turntablist Festival No. 6.” Currently he is busy in the studio recording a few different projects including a 6 song EP called “The Annihilation of Ambient Audio” which he promises will be “some weird shit…..exactly what it sounds like, Ambient rhythms and melodic scratches at random, but strategic points.”
CONTACT: djt_rock@hotmail.com

4) Relm & Streak “WeDigChicksDotCom” (LIVE) (6:13) Formerly of the Supernatural Turntable Artists (STA) these two busy and fun-loving turntablists (DJs Relm and Streak) add a much needed dose of entertainment and humor (not to mention lots of breastessssss: check the covers of their PornoStas battle records) to a genre that can often lacks both. On bonus track (#23) they talk about their latest venture (the website that gave name to this live turntables assault: www.wedigchicks.com). At the start of 2002 Relm started producing a weekly skratch music/interview segment for Bay Area commercial station Wild 94.9FM Contacts: djrelm@yahoo.com, djstreak@hotmail.com, www.wedigchicks.com

5) “Album Cover To Masturbate To” (Crude Interlude) (:10) This sound-montage includes DJ Pone referring to the cover of Streak’s “Lingerie Breaks” (PornoStas), a multifunctional battle record that brings new meaning to the term “bedroom DJ.”
Check out DJ Pone’s informative report in these CD liner notes on the relation between turntablism and porno. Contact: djpone@89skratch.com

6) D-Styles/Pone/Snayk Eyez “Morbid Innuendo of the Skratch Kind” (LIVE) (5:40)
Taken from one of the times when D-Styles (a regular show guest) stopped by to join the ‘89 Skratch Gangstaz’ Pone and Snayk Eyez for a totally improv session that rocks hard and demonstrates the collective talents of these three Bay Area natives. Most noteworthy is the amazingly gifted D-Styles (Beat Junkies/former ISP), whose long-awaited debut album (as distinct from his countless Dirt Style battle records), will soon drop. Titled “Phantazmagorea” it was premiered on “Scratch Attack” and is described by DJ Stoic as “Easily the best solo scratch album….it succeeds on several levels: the quirky, the dark, the perv, the headnod-ridin’ and the raw b-boy battle circle.”

7) DJ Stoic “Autumn Shuffle” (2:46)
“Seasonal scratch music” is how we categorized this moody autumn scratch tune (recorded especially for “Scratch Attack”) from DJ Stoic. It can also be found on the Oakland based/San Diego raised DJ’s underground CD “Jack Move & the Beer Belly Blues” CD. An in-house producer with Hip Hop Slam since 2000, DJ Stoic has added his production and skratch skills to several releases including the “Turntables By The Bay” series, “Global Turntables,” “Shigger Fragger Battle Beats Breaks Loops & Shit,” and other upcoming releases. He is currently on lockdown in his Oakland studio, charged with felony crate digging with intent to beat-jack, but is using the time to fine-tune his anticipated official debut album, slated for a late summer 2002 release on Hip Hop Slam.
Contact: stoic@hip-hop.com

8) DJ 8-Ball “2-Tone 8-Ball” (LIVE) (1:58) Legendary DJ 8-Ball, winner of the 1992 West Coast DMC battle and the world champion 1993 NMS Superman DJ battle in New York, is a lifetime master manipulator of the tone as displayed on this excerpt from his live “Scratch Attack” studio set. A former honoree member of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz DJ 8-Ball (a major fan of electro) is truly a Bay Area DJ legend and as such was honored with his own historic display in the recent San Mateo County Museum exhibit dedicated to Bay Area Filipino DJs. On the bonus track #23 you will hear 8-Ball recalling how young Bay Area DJ’s first got into the artform back in the early days. More recently 8-Ball has recorded such tracks as his tone-happy “The Poetry of War of the Flies” (from “Turntables By The Bay”) and is currently finishing up an electro CD. Contact: cls8saiyan@aol.com

9) Coretex (feat. DJ Vandal & Rubian) “Skratch Caffeine” (3:16) Hailing from the Netherlands Coretex is DJ Vandal (scratches) and Rubian (beats & production) who recorded “Skratch Caffeine” especially for “Scratch Attack” radio show and this compilation. Rubian, who began his career as an emcee back in the late ‘80’s, turned to producing in 1994 with a Commodore Amiga 1200 and later on a PC with Wavelab, Octamed, and Cubase programs. His production & emcee credits include The Facedband, Keutel (Hybrid Metal), DJ Sniper (track on “Global Turntables”) , The Swot Team, Tha Thundabirds, and Suggest. Meanwhile DJ Vandal (DJ Sniper’s older brother) began DJ’ing in ‘95 in his bedroom in the small rural Dutch town of Sneek (Note: at last count there were five scratch DJ’s in the town of 35,000). He formed the S.W.O.T. Team (Science and Wisdom Of Turntablism) with DJ Knowledge, Mista Sweet, and his younger brother DJ Sniper and as such contributed a track to Cues Hip Hop Shop Vol. I. Vandal also has two mixtapes out and is currently working on some new recordings including the “Skratch EP” that includes some skratch tracks by Vandal and Sniper, some instrumental beats by Rubian and Vandal, and a track by the Bulletproof Space Travelers!!
Contacts: vandal@home.nl rubian@home.nl

10) Rupert Jee’s Shout-Out (:07)
Our man Rupert Jee from Hello Deli (which we have lovingly renamed Hello DJ) gives and gets major props. Look for the soon to drop “Rupert’s Breaks” on Chip Shop Spam Records and if you’re in New York City stop by his spot at 213 West 53rd (near Broadway) and order a sandwich and soda from the man.

11) DJ Shortkut “Ain’t It Funky” (LIVE) (3:58) The incredibly talented DJ Shortkut (Beat Junkies/Triple Threat/formerly ISP) can do no wrong as witnessed on this live radio session. Also check out bonus track #24 in which Shortkut relays his sordid tale of crate thievery in Phoenix. Also look out for the anticipated Triple Threat (with Vin Roc & Apollo) full-length debut this summer. Contact: djsk1200@aol.com

12) Kraftjerkz feat. Kid Ginseng & DJ 704 “Canibinoidz” (2:17) Kraftjerkz featuring Kid Ginseng and DJ 704 deliver this great studio track which comes courtesy of the talented, teenaged, turntablist Kid Ginseng (who corresponds regularly with DJ Munkifunk and also his hero Eddie Def) and who is a big fan of electro and avant-garde. Kid Ginseng’s discography includes the 2000 “Germanik Robotz” mix-tape and last year’s “ILL_eKtR()” CD. Keep your eye on this young talent.
Contact: kidginseng@aol.com

13) DJ Platurn “Meltdown - Live” (5:32)
East Bay DJ Platurn grew up around records. His father was a big time DJ back in his native Iceland. At twelve he learnt guitar but later turned to the decks and has been DJ’ing avidly for eight years. Platurn is a member of the Oakland Faders (with DJ Spair) and is also DJ with the group MulaBaka (featuring drummer Sam Ospovat & David Bamberger on upright bass). His long discogrpahy includes: Mix Tape Series(Rings Of Platurn Vol. 1-8), Oakland Faders Flea Market Treats with DJ Spair, Cuts for Order 12” (What You Hear-1998), Beats and cuts for “Eviction Suite #3”-Highdivers EP(1999), Track on Cue‚Äôs Hip-Hop Shop Vol.2(Oakland Faders-Dope Music-2000), Cuts on Funkmaster 2000 LP(2000) - Icelandic funk band, Oakland Faders’ Fader Beats EP(Stray Records-2001), and the MulaBaka EP. Contact: oaklandfaders#hotmail.com /(510)496-6088 - Oakland Faders Collective Hotline

14) Grand Wizard Theodore ID (:08)
Grand Wizard Theodore (GWT) who created the scratch back in 1975 does a shout out. Look for his spoken word intro on “Global Turntables” and also for his soon to drop compilation CD “Hip Hop Headz” on GWT Records. Contact: toolsofwar@aol.com

15) Snayk Eyez (LIVE) “Bay Area Skratch” (4:12) DMC champion DJ Snayk Eyez, who is featured in the movie “Scratch,” demonstrates his skills on this intense live session: one of the many he’s done on “Scratch Attack.” As a solo battle DJ he won the first ever DMC Battle for World Supremacy in San Francisco in 2000 and made it into the semifinals in the DMC World Finals in London. In the DMC World Supremacy Battle in 2001 he placed second. As part of the Bay Area’s ever-active ‘89 Skratch Gangstaz (with DJs Pone & Mike Boogie…member Badrok is on hiatus) his discography includes incredible group tracks on the BOMB’s “Return of the DJ Vol. 4” (“Lesson 89”), Hip Hop Slam’s “Turntables By The Bay” (“Cut From Behind”), and “Global Turntables” (“Extra Credit: Lesson 3 Remix”). Snayk Eyez is currently working on a battle record. Contacts: www.89skratch.com bookings@89skratch.com

16) DJ Quest “Call-In Scratch” (LIVE) (1:04) DJ Quest of Live Human/Bulletproof Space Travelers who couldn’t make it into the radio studio for this interview called in and decided to do a short scratch routine over the phone too. Quest’s recently released the recommended cassette only mix-tape “Pauze Dek.” and the battle record “Vinyl Headz” Along with 2Fresh, under the name Mission Cartel, he produced the “Vinyl Headz” battle record. Meanwhile “Live Human Live” is just out on C.O.D. Records.
Contact: QuestDJ@aol.com

17) Sum-1 “Come To Get Busy” (2:51)
Hailing from “down under” as Bas-One introduced him, is Australia’s talented Sum-1 whose DJ battle titles include Australian/New Zealand I.T.F championship, Reigning S.A. I.T.F champ ( didn’t compete in the Australian Final). Additionally Sum-1 has done skratching on tracks with Oakland’s BukeuOne (while visiting Australia) and also Mass MC. Contact: mcookcon@adam.com.au

18) DJ Ngobility “Turntable Nobility” (LIVE) (1:34) Another amazing live skratch session from “Scratch Attack” regular DJ Ngoblity from San Jose’s world famous Finger Bangerz crew. Not only is DJ Ngobility an accomplished solo/team turntablist but he is also fast becoming one of the skratch world’s most promising recording engineers and mastering technicians: an example of which can be heard on the new “Live Human Live” (C.O.D. Records) which he edited and mastered at Studio Quality along with William K. Rudolph.
Contact: ngobility@fingerbangerz.com

19) Backspin Boyz “Quit Playin’ With My Records” (LIVE) (1:04) A rare US performance from the world’s first superstar DJ boy-band, The Backspin Boyz whose current lineup includes Pone (the main DJ on this live session), DJ Inesha, Munkifunk, & Snayk Eyez (note that both Timi D… and Billy Jam were kicked out of the group right before they became famous in Asia). While back home in the USA they may be virtually unknown, The Backspin Boyz have enjoyed Top Ten pop success in such countries as Singapore, Korea, Fiji, and Japan. “The fact that we are still unknown in America doesn’t bother me,” confided DJ Pone in an interview with TV Asahi backstage at Tokyo Concert Dome. “I like it because it means when I get off tour and get home to the Bay Area I am able to walk down the street and not be noticed or mobbed by screaming girls.”

20) Golden Chyld “Sir Golden Chyld Boulevard” (LIVE) (6:31) Just how fuckin amazing is DJ Golden Chyld from San Jose’s world famous Finger Bangerz? Well just check out this smoking live routine similar to the one he did at the 2001 DMC US finals at Club Townsend in San Francisco, or note the fact that the mayor of San Jose renamed First Street, the city’s main thoroughfare, “Sir Golden Chyld Boulevard.” Info: www.fingerbangerz.com

21) Troubled Soul “What Is Your Trouble?” (1:16) Produced by Troubled Soul for ‘The Heels Of The Bread’ (Thanks Mister Deasy) Born and raised in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the talented DJ/producer/ label owner (Equilibrium) Troubled Soul now lives in Dublin, Ireland. His discography includes two volumes of “Lightweight Weatherproof and Durable,” and the recent “Balance” CD from where this segment was taken. He also has an excellent track (“In A World of Trouble”) on “Global Turntables,” has released a single with Exile Eye (“Inessence”), and is currently busy recording several projects.
Contacts: www.equilibriumrecordings.com djtroubledsoul@hotmail.com

22) “Record Collectors” (OUTRO) (:18)
A hodge podge of sounds that includes our mainman Bas-One plus a British bloke giving a diss to anal American record collectors.

23) “What Is Hip Hop Records” (4:53)
Set to beats from The Last Kreep’s “The Good Scratching Record” (Chip Shop Spam) this track (the first of three bonus tracks) is a montage of snippets from various interviews conducted during the first year of “Scratch Attack” with some other radio show bits tossed in. Included are the voices of Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, 8-Ball, Relm & Streak, Pam the Funkstress, Bas-One, Munkifunk, and Billy Jam.

24) “By The Time I Got To Phoenix Half My Crate Was Gone” (1:17) This is an excerpt from DJ Shortkut’s interview in which he explains how his crate was gaffled by some United Airlines baggage handler.

25) “Too Hard For The Fuckin Radio” (:23) Another collage of sounds including Bas-One’s infamous on-air diss of the N-Sync video in which “that fat guy” shows he “can’t scratch, man!” and a footnote to the “Scratch Attack: I Want My Battle Record Back You Bastard!” show which ultimately was “Too hard for the fuckin radio!”

Shigger Fragger
Battle Beats, Breaks, Loops, and Shit…

LABEL: Don't Give a Fuck Style Battle Records
RELEASE DATE: September, 2002
RELEASE #: 33
CATALOG #: HHS-030
FORMAT: LP/12" Vinyl

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"This is a great record!" — QBert

Shigger Fragger Beats, Loops, Breaks n’ Shit is more than just a skratch DJ battle record tool. As well as containing beats, loops, breaks, and skratch samples tailored for the battle DJ this richly diverse, eighteen track album also includes clever collages culled from the infamous five-part Shiggar Fraggar Show! series. Carefully produced by the DGAF Crew (DJ Dank, DJ Stoic, Stevie K, and DJ Killahoe) Shigger Fragger Beats, Loops, Breaks n’ Shit is a rich archive of carefully collected sounds, looped beats, and deconstructed highlights from the pioneering, mid-nineties, five-part Invisibl Skratch Piklz/Shiggar Fraggar sessions (hosted by Pirate Fuckin Radio) from sounds laid down by QBert, Disk, Shigger Fragger, Shortkut, Apollo, Mix Master Mike, Flare, UB, 8-Ball, and others. File under Battle Records, Hip Hop, or Turntablism.

TRACKING

SIDE A
01) Shigger Fragger Warm-Up Beat-Down
02) On A Man in the Street Beat.
03) Coz Your Mom Made Me....Itch
04) This Is the Real Hip Hop Shit
05) Real DJs Beat Box
06) So I Challenge You
07) Stoic's Itchy Minute
08) Phone Home DJ

SIDE B
09) Unstoppable Corvette Breaks
10) What is this....San Francisco?
11) Just Made the Muthafucka Up Last Nite Beat
12) Beats To Go
13) Throw A Lil Wildstyle On Me
14) This is A Remix
15) Sat Nite Jam...suckas
16) Shigger Fragger Shouts
17) Chinese Beats to Go
18) Heavy Metal Meltdown

Various Artists
Scratch Attack: You Want Your Battle Record Back Bastard? vol. 2

LABEL: Hip Hop Slam
RELEASE DATE: December, 2002
RELEASE #: 34
CATALOG #: HHS-037
FORMAT: CD

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Scratch Attack Vol. 2: Second CD compilation from the acclaimed radio show Scratch Attack: I Want My Battle Record Back You Bastard is a mixture of live DJ tracks (from KPFA and Vulcan.com between 2001/2002) and studio DJ tracks (most recorded especially for the show) plus various interview/spoken word excerpts (“Bonus Tracks”) from the skratch themed radio show whose regular hosts included Billy Jam, Bas-1, DJ Pone, Yve-1, DJ Munkifunk, and DJ Platurn. Like the first Scratch Attack CD collection its cover art/illustration is again courtesy of the amazingly talented artist Doug Cunningham (aka Dug-One) whose impressive credits include being the art director & character illustrator for the critically acclaimed animated film Wave Twisters. CD’s liner notes, some reprinted below, include info on each track/artist, Platurn’s Vinyl Obiturary, and DJ SoleHole’s “THRIFTIN’ FOR A SCRATCH: The Hella Broke-Ass Style of DJ’ing”

TRACKING

01) Bas-1 & DJ Platurn "Battle Record Back" (Intro)
02) DJ QBert "Turbo Paw Platoon"
03) Alien Army "Daily Nightmare"
04) DJ Pone "Munkifunk (It's Your Birthday)"
05) DJ Jester & the GELLM "FilipinoFist.com"
06) Bas-1 "To All The DJ's"
07) DJ Tico & H.O.P. "It's.....Teeko"
08) Double Dee & Steinski "Jazz"
09) Deeandroid & Celskiii "Live @ the Vulcan"
10) "You read Rolling Stone?"
11) Alien Army "Destroy"
12) "I.D."
13) DJ Happee "Last Night I Ruled the World"
14) DJ Spair "Your Typical Skratch Track"
15) Bas-1 "DJ Shout-outs"
16) D-Styles, DJ Pone, & Snyak Eyez "First Half"
17) DJ Quest & Live Human "Fr-Fre-Fre-Fresshhhhhhh!"
18) DJ Haste "Styles To Kiss"
19) DJ Marvel "Turntable Menace"

BONUS TRACKS

20) "Where It All Started From"
21) "Lights, Sound, Records"
22) "Platurn's Vinyl Obituary" (feat. Audio Angel)
23) "What Is A Terrorist If He Can't Scratch?"
24) "Apollo/Hip Hop Slam Hall of Fame"
25) "We Have The Greatest DJ's In The World (Outro)"

ARTIST/TRACK INFO

01) Bas-1 & DJ Platurn "Battle Record Back" (Intro) (:46)

Our mainman Bas-1, Scratch Attack’s most vocal host who appears all throughout this CD, is captured on both the mic and on vinyl ushering in the “classic” radio show Scratch Attack: I Want My Battle Record Back You Bastard. The Bas-1 acappela, off the latest Basbombing Sounz 12,” is cut up live by DJ Platurn, Oakland Fader and Hip Hop Slammer who pops up elsewhere on this release. For more information on both these cool characters go to www.hiphopslam.com/staff/

02) DJ QBert "Turbo Paw Platoon" (4:17)

Much love to DJ QBert for offering the amazing “Turbo Paw Platoon” to Scratch Attack. This rare recording, whose concept was manifested one late nite at the Octagon, demonstrates QBert’s sheer brilliance both as a skratch-master and producer. Turbo Paw’s sci-fi/surreal/skratch/mood offered Q inspiration for the music that he later recorded for Rollin—the forthcoming video game by X-Box and Nintendo Game Cube which will also feature music by the Finger Bangerz. Commented QBert, “Attention skratch DJ’s. Go buy this video game when it comes out!” Also get the DVD’s Wave Twisters (if you haven’t already picked up this classic) and the two highly recommended (for any level DJ) QBert DIY instructional DVDs. For more information on QBert, including updates on the QBert book being written by Billy Jam with editor Frank Casiano III, go to www.djqbert.com

03) Alien Army "Daily Nightmare" (3:48)

One of the tighest skratch DJ crews found around the globe today, Italy’s Alien Army (DJ’s Skizo, Tayone, Zak, Inesha, & Metz) never fail to impress. Featured also on the Hip Hop Slam compilation Global Turntables (“Snuff Music, 4 Movements”) the six-year old Italian skratch crew return here to deliver two more fuckin’ amazing tracks: “Destroy” feat. DJ Zak (#11) and this killer skratch creation, “Daily Nightmare,” featuring DJ’s Skizo, TayOne, and our “Italian mainman” DJ Inesha. This song draws inspiration from US cinema. Both tracks were produced and recorded by DJ Skizo at Grande Madre Aliena Studios in Milan, Italy and will be included on the forthcoming Alien Army full-length to drop on Bad Newz Records in Europe and on Hip Hop Slam in the USA.

alienskizo@hotmail.com www.alienarmy.net

04) DJ Pone "Munkifunk (It's Your Birthday)" (1:26)

Excerpt from KFPA show the night the DJ-packed radio studio celebrated Munkifunk’s birthday featuring the gifted DJ Pone (‘89 Skratch Gangstaz/Hip Hop Slam) who, on a moment’s notice, laced up this fun birthday-skratch composition. For more information on Munkifunk and Pone go to www.hiphopslam.com/staff

05) DJ Jester & the GELLM "FilipinoFist.com" (3:25)

Taken from the critically acclaimed GENUINE ELECTRIC LATIN LOVE MACHINE featuring DJ Jester the Filipino Fist’s “Introducing the Neat Beat” (Compulsive) which has been likened to the creative output of Kid Koala and DJ Logic. San Antonio’s Greg Michael Pendon, AKA DJ Jester the Filipino Fist, started creating a buzz last year when his River Walk Riots CD showed up on US college radio (inc. WFMU) and in the pages of such magazines as Giant Robot, Spin, URB, and the Wire. This led to Jester’s latest collaborative project, GELLM, on which he hooks up with Rod Castro (AKA Quad Rod) and Chris Smart (AKA Smarty): both veterans of the South Texas music scene and who are also members of the Mechanical Walking Robot Boy. Note: GELLM borrows its name from an eclectic early Moog record by Richard Hayman and its sounds from such sources as cell phones, tape recorders, computers, guitars, and thrift store records.

djjester@filipinofist.com www.filipinofist.com.

06) Bas-1 "To All The DJ's" (2:12)

Taken from the April 8, 2002 Scratch Attack show at the Vulcan is this live version of Bas-1’s tribute to skratch DJs with the Oakland Faders on the turns. Note that the (unreleased) studio version of “To All The DJ’s” is produced by Fanatik.

07) DJ Tico & H.O.P. "It's.....Teeko" (1:59)

Also from the Vulcan, April 2002 Scratch Attack session is this tight skratch performance from DJs Tico and H.O.P. Tico, who is now known as Teeko, started battling in 1999. His titles include 2000 - 2001 El Cerrito Guitar Center Champion, 2001 UC Berkely Battle Champion (Tie), 2001 SF Kool Mixx Champion, 2001-2002 SF DMC Finalist and 2002 Vestax USA Finalist. He is featured on Arcanum Blitz by Devro, various recordings by Dj Nature, MasterBeaters Productions, Bay Area Expo DVD, Showcase DVD, and on QBert’s Do It Yourself Vol. 2 DVD. H.O.P. also makes a cameo in the new QBert DVD. H.O.P., who moved to the Bay from San Diego a few years ago, took first in the one and only DJ battle he entered: at Zebra in March 2000. But he’s normally not into battling, he says. “My thing is compostion not competition.” He has two mix CDs (Neck Exercise Parts 1 & 2) and is featured on a shit load of releases with San Diego’s ever prolific Icons crew. He also did cuts for Planet Asia’s newest work.

H.O.P. email: aycher2000@yahoo.com djteeko@hotmail.com

08) Double Dee & Steinski "Jazz" (4:55)

Another inspired recording from the legendary and highly influential New York duo of Double Dee & Steinski who, since arriving in the early 1980’s with their pioneering cut-and-paste approach to hip hop, have inspired numerous DJs/producers including Coldcut, Eddie Def, DJ Shadow, and Cut Chemist. Recorded in 1998 and previously only available on limited white-label vinyl and on the extremely underground Beg, Borrow & Steal CD, “Jazz” was the first collaboration by Steinski and Double Dee in a little over a decade, since 1986 when they recorded both “Lesson 3” and the beginings of (completists note) their never finished “Lesson 4.” Steinski, who is featured on such recent collections as Constant Elevation (Astralwerks) and Bombay 2: Electric Vindaloo (Motel), has just dropped the recommended solo, full-length mix Nothing To Fear. steinski@sboom.com www.steinski.com

09) Deeandroid & Celskiii "Live @ the Vulcan" (1:58)

“In 1997 at 17 years old, we both saw Q-bert, Mixmaster Mike & Shortkut perform their “Klamz ov Deth” routine at ‘Planet Rock.’ We were amazed and inspired to learn how to skratch after seeing them. That started our love for skratching, hungry for more—so we went to more events, where DJs showcased their skills, regularly. We bought crappy equipment, learning the basics, teaching ourselves while listening to ISP scratch practice tapes and TTV videos. Shortkut exposed us to the best DJs, taking us to Deco (although we were underage), absorbing all that we heard. That was also the first place where we skratched at—and first time doing that in public. We also bugged Q a lot, going to his house to listen to him practice for hours. He helped us a lot, encouraging us to keep practicing, sharing his music and musical influences with us. We were bedroom DJs for years until 2000—when we started mixing & skratching at shows with the Sisterz of the Underground, an all womyn hip hop collective. We also started mixing for Pilipino community events, supporting issues relevant to us—as Pinays. And we started scratching at other hip hop events like Da Joint and also at Hookt on Phonics, entering a spontaneous ‘Female DJ Battle.’ In 2001, we made a mixtape/CD, Ooh Mama, I got my Goohbaz, D.I.Y. style. Right now we’re working on a music project—skratch songs + more good music mixing. Some of our musical influences include: Shortkut, MixmasterMike, D-Styles, Apollo, Jimi Hendrix, Derrick D, Freestyle Fellowship, Coltrane, Monk, Ella Fitzgerald and ofcourse—Q-bert, a good friend and mentor.” deeandroid@aol.com celskiii@hotmail.com

10) "You read Rolling Stone?" (:14)

Skit that begs the question: Can’t we all (Limeys and Yanks) just get along? If that’s allowed.

11) Alien Army "Destroy" (2:47)

Scratched by Zak and produced, recorded, & mixed by Skizo, this is another reason to be sure to get Alien Army’s forthcoming full-length. www.alienarmy.net

12) Bas-1 & Billy Jam "I.D." (:08)

13) DJ Happee "Last Night I Ruled the World" (4:34)

Premiered on Scratch Attack this track is from DJ Happee’s recent must-have debut album Cinematic Orchestra (Zone Seven). San Diego’s DJ Happee, who many may know from his contribution (with parnter Dinoh) to BOMB’s Return of the DJ Vol. 4 and his recommended battle record Smoke Breaks, started out as a mobile DJ in the ‘90’s but soon switched up and became a skratch/battle DJ. As such he entered numerous local battles, quickly advancing into regional DMC’s, but by 1997 he decided to retire from the battle circuit and turn his focus to producing. As such he has released a series of mix-CDs, his aforementioned battle record, and his much anticipated album Cinematic Orchestra. As for the album title, explains Happee, “A movie can make a person sad, angry, and happy at the same time. Hence ‘Cinematic.’ I simply got the ‘Orchestra’ part from the different sounds that were mixed together…. Cinematic Orchestra.” djhappee@zone-seven.com www.zone-seven.com

14) DJ Spair "Your Typical Skratch Track" (2:39)

Another track premiered on Scratch Attack (with an intro by sometime DJ Spair collaborator Bas-1) this track, which also appeared on the viny-only Turntables By The Bay Vol. 3 (Hip Hop Slam), is an inspired composition from the 1999 URB DJ Mix champ. DJ Spair is one half of the Oakland Faders who, along with partner DJ Platurn, have won national acclaim for their 2001 debut record Fader Beats EP (Stray). They are currently in production on the anticipated follow up, Fader Beats: Part II. Look for Spair in QBert’s DIY Vol. 2 DVD or spinning at clubs around the Yay Area. oaklandfaders@hotmail.com

15) Bas-1 "DJ Shout-outs" (:25)

16) D-Styles, DJ Pone, & Snyak Eyez "First Half" (4:26)

Taken from one of the times when D-Styles (a regular show guest) stopped by to join the ‘89 Skratch Gangstaz’ DJ Pone and Snayk Eyez for a live skratch set that starts out loosely reconstructing the Wave Twisters’ song “Razorblade Alcohol Slide.” Note that the latter part of this session (“Morbid Innuendo Of The Skratch Kind”) was featured on the previous compilation, Scratch Attack Vol. 1. Hence the title of this excerpt, “First Half,” which demonstrates the collective talents of these three Bay Area natives. Most noteworthy is the amazingly gifted D-Styles (Beat Junkies/former ISP), whose long-awaited debut album (as distinct from his countless Dirt Style battle records) Phantazmagorea is a must-have for any music fan. dave@waxfondler.com www.89skratch.com

17) DJ Quest & Live Human "Fr-Fre-Fre-Fresshhhhhhh!" (4:19)

Oh my God! That was the reaction both in the studio and on the phone lines after we premiered this live Live Human track on Scratch Attack on KPFA. The way this compostion brilliantly builds on the interplay between DJ Quest and percussionist Albert Mathias with bassist Andrew Kushin subtley complimenting his two partners received such a overwhelmingly positive reaction that it led to Live Human releasing the entire concert (recorded at the Great Amercian Music Hall in July 2001) as an album, the limited edition “Live Human Live” on C.O.D. Records. Live Human’s discography includes1987’s Live Human Featuring DJ Quest, 1999’s Monostereosis, and 2000’s “Elephish Jellyphant.” If you ever have a chance to see this trio in concert, do NOT miss the opportunity! For Live Human bookings: coconut1@pacbell.net questdj@aol.com

18) DJ Haste "Styles To Kiss" (4:23)

Britain’s DJ Haste was born in 1973 in Brixham, Devon (a small town approx 10 miles from Torquay) and got introduced to hip hop in 1985 via breakdancing. In ‘87 he started DJ’ing and hasn’t stopped since. In ‘97 he crossed paths with DJ Marvel when the two decided to form the turntable crew The Wristerons. As such their discography includes two limited edition Wristerons CD’s (500 copies each of Flex of the Wrist and We are the Ones) and also contributions to the BOMB Hip Hop compilations Return of the DJ Vol. 4 and Revenge of the B-Boy Part 2. This studio track was recorded especially for Scratch Attack where it premiered.

19) DJ Marvel "Turntable Menace" (4:06)

Similarly this track from fellow Wristeron Marvel was debuted on Scratch Attack.

DJ Marvel, who also appeared on the Global Turntables compilation, cites the Wristerons’ influences as including Jazzy Jeff, Cash Money, Magic Mike, Aladdin, Joe Cooley, and Hijack DJ’s Supreme & Undercover. DJ Marvel was born in Plymouth, Southwest England in 1977. He started DJ’ing in the summer of ‘93 at age sixteen. gavisdjmarvel@aol.com

BONUS TRACKS

20) "Where It All Started From" (3:01)

Culled from Scratch Attack radio interviews (recorded in New York) with pioneering DJ’s Kool Herc and Grand Wizzard Theodore who drop some serious DJ history over beats from the new LP Shigger Fragger Beats, Loops, Breaks n’ Shit (Don’t Give A Fuck Style Battle Records) that includes a dope beat by DJ Stoic.

21) "Lights, Sound, Records" (2:12)

Scratch Attack radio live excerpts including Bas-1, Billy Jam, Munkifunk, and DJ Stoic talking nonesense and also DJ Pam the Funstress (The Coup) offering up some intruiging personal & Bay Area DJ history.

22) "Platurn's Vinyl Obituary" (2:28)

With an intro/explanation by DJ Platurn to this obituary, which was written by Platurn’s So-Cal pal Alikat-Juan, the talented and hard-working San Francisco vocalist Audio Angel (best known for her drum’n’bass recordings/live performances) reads this heartfelt vinyl obituary over beats by DJ Marz/Vrse Murphy from Martini Breaks. audioangel@audioangel.org

23) "Kandahar Breaks" (:56)

Following the events of September 11th DJ-newscaster Munkifunk and the other Scratch Attackers put a lighthearted spin on a serious situation. Besides they couldn’t pass up the opportunity to be the first on the radio to coin such phrases as “Taliban Turntablist,” “Kandahar Breaks,” and “What is a Terrorist if he Can’t Scratch.”

24) "Apollo/Hip Hop Slam Hall of Fame" (5:06)

Legendary Bay Area DJ Apollo runs down his long/impressive history and countless affiliations during this visit to Scratch Attack when he received a Hip Hop Slam Hall of Fame Award. Others to receive this award over the past dozen years include KRS-One, Too $hort, Paul Mooney, Grand Wizzard Theodore, DJ QBert, and Mike “DREAM” Francisco (Rest In Power). In July 2002 Apollo along with the other Triple Threat DJ’s (Vin Roc and Shortkut) were honored to be invited to perform at the Summerstage in Central Park, New York City. As well as picking up Apollo’s numerous mix-CDs we recommend you look for the highly anticipated new Triple Threat debut album. www.triplethreatdj.com

25) "We Have The Greatest DJ's In The World (Outro)" (2:09)

Once again the mean Yankees pick on the poor Limey (just coz he talks funny) as well as give props to Faust & Shortee who had Z-Trip DJ their wedding. Background instrumentals include D-Styles’ fuckin amazing “Clifford’s Mustache.”

Shigger Fragger
Battle Beats, Breaks, Loops, and Shit…

LABEL: Don't Give a Fuck Style Battle Records
RELEASE DATE: January, 2003
RELEASE #: 35
CATALOG #: HHS-050
FORMAT: CD

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Shigger Fragger Beats, Loops, Breaks n’ Shit CD (recommended for Digital DJs and hip hop collectors) Like its companion vinyl version, this CD is more than just a skratch DJ battle tool. As well as containing beats, loops, breaks, and skratch samples tailored for the battle DJ this richly diverse, eighteen track album also includes clever collages culled from the infamous five-part Shiggar Fraggar Show! series. Carefully produced by the DGAF Crew (DJ Dank, DJ Stoic, Stevie K, & DJ Killahoe) Shigger Fragger Beats, Loops, Breaks n’ Shit is a rich archive of carefully collected sounds, looped beats, and deconstructed highlights from the pioneering, mid-nineties, five-part Invisibl Skratch Piklz/Shiggar Fraggar sessions (hosted by Pirate Fuckin Radio) from sounds laid down by QBert, Disk, Shigger Fragger, Shortkut, Apollo, Mix Master Mike, Flare, UB, 8-Ball, and others. File under Battle Records, Hip Hop, or Turntablism. Note that this CD version contains the bonus track “Africa Antartica and your Mom’s House” by the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, an out take from the Shiggar Fraggar Show! Vol. 5.

TRACKING

01) Shigger Fragger Warm-Up Beat-Down
02) On A Man in the Street Beat.
03) Coz Your Mom Made Me....Itch
04) This Is the Real Hip Hop Shit
05) Real DJs Beat Box
06) So I Challenge You
07) Stoic's Itchy Minute
08) Phone Home DJ
09) Unstoppable Corvette Breaks
10) What is this....San Francisco?
11) Just Made the Muthafucka Up Last Nite Beat
12) Beats To Go
13) Throw A Lil Wildstyle On Me
14) This is A Remix
15) Sat Nite Jam...suckas
16) Shigger Fragger Shouts
17) Chinese Beats to Go
18) Heavy Metal Meltdown
19) "Africa, Antartica, and Your Mom's House" (out take from Shiggar Fraggar Show Vol. 5)